Is that the best tool to delete posts and overwrite comments? I took a look at the developer's comments and last month he said about v 1.4.3 (3 years old) that it still works as it always did, but 2 years ago he was talking about a complete rewrite to fix things, and he never got around to it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerDeleteSuite/comments/mgshmh/a_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerDeleteSuite/comments/e1zl76/po...
Any opinions on shreddit or Redact?
Is it probably correct that shreddit and Redact depend on the API, but Power Delete Suite does not?
100% using it before the API changes kick in. Reddit can kiss my ass.
Other platforms will take market share from Reddit that actually recognises & rewards creators instead of giving them pointless badges https://youtube.com/shorts/-h4Lz9xKgnI?feature=share
Beware the export function is flaky, and it’s already deleted everything by the time you get to it. Copying the export link href (a huge data:// url) from developer tools seems to be the best bet
If running this again I’d rather use something else to export first
I may use it as I've been using my real name and maybe not such a good move on my part.
https://github.com/x89/Shreddit
I’m not sure if this is even managed anymore but I always like this one because it would edit the comment to garbage before deleting it.
People are beginning to realise that any comms in public (even on this hallowed forum) will be used against you if not now but in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 years time, and likely has already been used to train an LLM. Even Twitter actually deletes all your tweets when your account deletion is actioned, Reddit just replaces your name with [user deleted], hence the need for tools like this.
Discord is on the rise with Gen Z as a result. As long as they don't blow it with whatever pivot they are trying to accomplish with the username changes, semi private walled gardens will be the future of the internet.
Saving/favoriting/liking posts/comments/tweets on the platform they exist on is just too risky, especially for things that you care about and want to preserve.
Is there a way to tell if this actually deletes or if Reddit just shows it as deleted but keeps backups of it?
Nice tool. Just deleted everything.
I guess this is on the frontpage because some people, in reaction to Reddit monetizing their content and ruining their experience, would prefer to burn it all down and delete all their history as a protest.
I get the wrath.
I don't get the action.
I have 15 years of history on reddit. Half of my life. It's a journal, a testament to my growth as a person. I've said brilliant things, I've said heinous ones. I see some things I'm proud of, and some I regret.
If it all goes to ashes, that's fine. The internet isn't permanent, and I lost far more on various defunct web forums from my time as a teenager. But I won't be the one to light the fire.
I didn't put those things on the internet to get rich, and if Reddit Inc. thinks they can get rich from me, that doesn't take anything away from me. They don't owe me anything, and I don't owe them anything either.
Call me cynical but I’m surprised how widespread the opinion is that Reddit is on a death spiral. It might end up being another Digg but I can’t help but feel like this is going to be a blip and that Reddit will by and large continue just fine.
If anything I think this is the moment that Reddit finally separates from the “geeky” crowd that originally birthed it (I remember the days when Reddit was the nerdier alternative to Digg!) I don’t think that community has been the lifeblood of Reddit for a long time, though.